Medievalists.net » Albigensian Crusade http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Hero or Villain?: Two views on Simon de Montfort, Crusade Leader http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/10/hero-or-villain-two-views-on-simon-de-montfort-crusade-leader/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/10/hero-or-villain-two-views-on-simon-de-montfort-crusade-leader/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2015 19:00:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58870 There is perhaps no better medieval example of the phase 'Truth is in the eye of the beholder' than these two versions of the death of Simon de Montfort, the leader of the crusaders during the Albigensian Crusade.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/10/hero-or-villain-two-views-on-simon-de-montfort-crusade-leader/feed/ 0 The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory: the Albigensian Crusade and the Subjugation of the Languedoc http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/24/kingdom-power-glory-albigensian-crusade-subjugation-languedoc/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/24/kingdom-power-glory-albigensian-crusade-subjugation-languedoc/#comments Sun, 24 Aug 2014 20:46:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52112 In March of 1208, Pope Innocent III preached the Albigensian Crusade. The crusade, which covered an area from Agen to Avignon and the Pyrenees to Cahors, initiated a new phase in the already strained relationship between the Catholic Church and the Languedoc.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/24/kingdom-power-glory-albigensian-crusade-subjugation-languedoc/feed/ 0 Legal Centralization and the Birth of the Secular State http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/06/legal-centralization-and-the-birth-of-the-secular-state/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/06/legal-centralization-and-the-birth-of-the-secular-state/#comments Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:56:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47387 This paper investigates the relationship between the historical process of legal centralization and increased religious toleration by the state. We develop a model in which legal centralization leads to the criminalization of the religious beliefs of a large proportion of the population.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/06/legal-centralization-and-the-birth-of-the-secular-state/feed/ 0 The Albigensian Crusades: Wars Like Any Other? http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/15/the-albigensian-crusades-wars-like-any-other/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/15/the-albigensian-crusades-wars-like-any-other/#comments Mon, 16 Sep 2013 03:44:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43615 There are three great clichés in our view of the Albigensian Crusades which most historians find hard to resist.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/15/the-albigensian-crusades-wars-like-any-other/feed/ 0 Memories of Space in Thirteenth-Century France: Displaced People After the Albigensian Crusade http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/memories-of-space-in-thirteenth-century-france-displaced-people-after-the-albigensian-crusade/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/memories-of-space-in-thirteenth-century-france-displaced-people-after-the-albigensian-crusade/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:27:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37927 It is clear that displacement was a policy of the crusade, a measure of its effectiveness, and a highly personal experience for individuals who were forced to flee the crusading army.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/11/memories-of-space-in-thirteenth-century-france-displaced-people-after-the-albigensian-crusade/feed/ 0 Labyrinth, Part 2 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/08/labyrinth-part-2/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/08/labyrinth-part-2/#comments Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:23:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37828 So we continue with the exciting conclusion of last week's two part mini-series, Labyrinth. Alice is being pursued by unsavory attackers, and Carcassonne has all but fallen.

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